THE SUBWAY Superhero (2)
A real-life hero risks his own life to save the life of a stranger

Upon entering the station, the train operator saw a person on the roadbed . He made an emergency stop and found the men under the second car of the 10-car train.

" Am I dead?" Hollopeter asked, according to the man who saved his life.

" I said, "No, we're under the train," Autrey recalled. "You're touching me. You feel me touching you? We're very much alive.""

Autrey, who was trapped under the train for 20 minutes before workers turned off the power, said he could hear his daughters screaming.

" My daddy!" they hollered. "My daddy!"

Autrey began shouting at straphangers to be quiet so he could pass a message to his kids. The platform grew silent.

" Let my daughters know that I'm OK and that the man is OK!" he shouted, as onlookers broke into applause.

After the power was turned off, Autrey crawled to safety. He emerged with grime on his right sleeve , hip and back. He said a grease stain on his hat came from being grazed by the bottom of the train.

Firefighters helped pull Hollopeter up before paramedics took him to the hospital. Autrey was treated at the scene and then greeted by another round of applause and slaps on the back before he went to visit Hollopeter.

Hollopeter, 20, is an aspiring director and a freshman at the New YorkFilmAcademy. His grandfather wasn't aware of an existing medical problem that resulted in the seizure , he said.

" on behalf of the whole family, I want to say thank you," Friedman said of Autrey. "I want to shake his hand."

" For someone who got run over by a train, he looks pretty good," he said of his grandson. "He's a talented writer, but even he couldn't write the screenplay any better."

Vocabulary Focus

onlooker (n) ---someone who watches something that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it

grime (n) ---a layer of dirt on a surface

graze (v) ---for an object to touch the surface of something lightly when it passes it

aspiring (adj) ---trying to become a successful actor, politician, writer, or other professional

on behalf of (sb/sth) (prep phr) ---to represent the interests of someone, or to do something for someone else's benefit

Specialized Terms

roadbed (n) --- 铁路路基 a layer of small stones that make up railroads and are directly beneath the ties of a railroad track

straphanger (n) --- （地铁或公车上）拉着吊环站立的乘客 a passenger in a crowded bus or subway train who stands and grips a hanging strap for support

paramedic (n) --- 紧急救护人员 a person who is trained to do medical work, especially in an emergency, but who is not a doctor or nurse

screenplay (n) --- 电影剧本 the text for a film, including the words to be spoken by the actors and instructions for the cameras